HyperDic: existential

English > 3 senses of the word existential:
ADJECTIVEallexistential, experientialderived from experience or the experience of existence
pertexistentialof or as conceived by existentialism
pertexistentialrelating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
existential > pronunciation
Soundseh.gzih.steh'nchahl; eh.gzih.steh'nshahl; eh.ksihsteh'nchahl; eh.ksih.steh'nshahl
Rhymesabdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...
English > existential: 3 senses > adjective 1
Meaningderived from experience or the experience of existence.
Example "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey
Synonymexperiential
Broaderempirical, empiricderived from experiment and observation rather than theory
Spanishexistencial, experiencial
Catalanexistencial
English > existential: 3 senses > adjective 2, pert
MeaningOf or as conceived by existentialism.
Example"an existential moment of choice"
Spanishexistencial
Catalanexistencial
Nounsexistentialism(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe
English > existential: 3 senses > adjective 3, pert
Meaningrelating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence).
Spanishexistencial
Nounsexistencethe state or fact of existing

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